Episode #371: John Kennedy #14: Finding Political Courage (1963)

Episode #373: Lyndon Johnson #1: Deep in the Heart of Texas (1908-1931)

Lyndon Johnson #1: Deep in the Heart of Texas (1908-1931); Topics covered include: Growing up in the Texas Hill Country, enjoys politics with his father, attends Southwest Texas State Teachers College (San Marcos), teaches 5th-7th graders at Welhausen Elementary School in Cotulla, TX, graduates from college, and teaches at Sam Houston High School (+debate coach) Key people include: Jesse Johnson, San Johnson, Jr., Rebekah Baines, Cecil Evans, and George Johnson For more information on the "Presidential Chronicles" series, please visit https://www.presidentialchronicles.com/

Episode #372: John Kennedy #15: Vietnam, Berlin, and the Kennedy Assassination (1963)

John Kennedy #15: Vietnam, Berlin, and the Kennedy Assassination (1963); Topics covered include: Challenges in Vietnam, assassination of South Vietnamese President Ngo Dinh Diem, Kennedy's trip to Europe including speeches in Berlin ("Ich bin ein Berliner") and his visit to his ancestral home of Ireland, the birth and death the next day of Kennedy's son Patrick, the beginning of the 1964 reelection campaign, the assassination of Kennedy in Dallas, Texas, the arrest and murder of Lee Harvey Oswald, and the findings of the Warren Commission Key people include: Ngo Dinh Diem, Mike Mansfield, Michael Forrestal, Nikita Khrushchev, Ted Sorensen, Jacqueline Kennedy, Patrick Kennedy, Caroline Kennedy, John Kennedy, Jr., Lyndon Johnson, John Connally, Nellie Connally, Walter Cronkite, Lee Harvey Oswald, Jack Ruby, Bobby Kennedy, Ted Kennedy, and Earl Warren For more information on the "Presidential Chronicles" series, please visit https://www.presidentialchronicles.com/

Episode #371: John Kennedy #14: Finding Political Courage (1963)

John Kennedy #14: Finding Political Courage (1963); Topics covered include: Kennedy's call for a large tax cut, civil rights protests in Birmingham, Alabama, and the violent tactics of the authorities, the desegregation of the University of Alabama (against the protests of AL Governor George Wallace), Kennedy's push for major civil rights legislation, Kennedy's "Peace Speech," and the signing of the first nuclear test ban treaty with the Soviet Union Key people include: John Maynard Keynes, Martin Luther King, Jr., Eugene (Bull) Connor, Burke Marshall, George Wallace, Bobby Kennedy, Vivian Malone, James Hood, Nicholas Katzenbach, Lyndon Johnson, Nikita Khrushchev, and Averill Harriman Correction: At 4:12, should be "desegregated" not "segregated." For more information on the "Presidential Chronicles" series, please visit https://www.presidentialchronicles.com/

Episode #370: John Kennedy #13: The Cuban Missile Crisis (1962)

John Kennedy #13: The Cuban Missile Crisis (1962); Begins with the lead-up to the Cuban Missile Crisis and then a day-by-day account of the crisis. Key people include: Nikita Khrushchev, John McCone, McGeorge Bundy, Dean Rusk, Robert McNamara, Bobby Kennedy, Andrei Gromyko, Curtis LeMay, Ted Sorensen, Anatoly Dobrynin, Adlai Stevenson, Valerian Zorin, and Harold Macmillan For more information on the "Presidential Chronicles" series, please visit https://www.presidentialchronicles.com/

Episode #369: John Kennedy #12: Life in the White House and Second Year Begins (1961-1962)

John Kennedy #12: Life in the White House and Second Year Begins (1961-1962); Topics covered include: Joe Kennedy's strike, medical treatment for Kennedy as President, Kennedy's ongoing womanizing as President, the role of Jacqueline Kennedy as First Lady, second State of the Union Address, showdown over prices with the steel industry, Kennedy's cautious approach on civil rights, and his efforts to ensure the admission of James Meredith to the University of Mississippi Key people include: Joe Kennedy, Janet Travell, Max Jacobson, Hans Kraus, Jacqueline Kennedy, Lem Billings, Pamela Turnure, Priscilla Wear, Jill Cowan, Mary Pinchot Mayer, Ben Bradlee, Gene Tierney, Arlene Dahl, Jane Mansfield, Marlene Dietrich, Marilyn Monroe, Dave Powers, Henry DuPont, Rachel (Bunny) Mellon, Stephane Boudin, Pablo Casals, Roger Blough, Bobby Kennedy, James Meredith, and Ross Barnett For more information on the "Presidential Chronicles" series, please visit https://www.presidentialchronicles.com/